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Submit your tool to Awesome Tools

Awesome Tools is a software review site with about 270 reviewed apps ranked in category best of lists. Free listings need a visible link back and a minimum SEO profile; a one time payment skips both.

Go to the submit page Dofollow link Free with backlink and SEO bar, or $49 once

Is Awesome Tools worth it?

Good value for established products. The link is followed and the site covers known tools like Linear and Raycast, but the free path asks for DR 20, 30 referring domains, 200 monthly visits or 100 keywords, plus a visible link to awesome.tools. A new product will usually fail that bar, so the choice is $49 or wait. If you already have some authority, take the free path; it also offers a submission API and MCP server for agents.

Who should submit to Awesome Tools?

Suits software with some existing traffic and links, and makers willing to pay $49 for a reviewed listing with a followed link. Not for brand new or pre launch products on the free path, for sites hosted on preview domains, or for non English products, which its checks reject.

What you need before you submit

  • Live product on its own custom domain, in English
  • Free path: DR 20, 30 referring domains, and 200 monthly visits or 100 keywords
  • Free path: a visible, followed link to awesome.tools on your homepage or a page it links to
  • Name, website, your name and contact email

How to submit to Awesome Tools

  1. Open the submit page and paste your website
  2. Add product name, your name, email and an optional note
  3. Submit, then open the next step link it returns
  4. Choose the free backlink path or a paid plan
  5. On the free path, add the link and run Check my link

Awesome Tools: pros and cons

Pros

  • Followed link to your site
  • Reviewed listings next to well known tools
  • Submission API and MCP server for agents
  • Paid option skips the authority bar

Cons

  • Free path is closed to most new products
  • Backlink must stay live or the listing can be hidden
  • No category choice on the form
  • No published review time

Tips for Awesome Tools

  • Check your DR and traffic before choosing the free path
  • Place the link on a page with fewer than 50 outbound sites
  • Do not mark the link nofollow, sponsored or ugc, it will not count
  • Untick the newsletter box if you do not want it

Questions about Awesome Tools

How much does it cost to list a tool on Awesome Tools?
Listing a tool on Awesome Tools is free with backlink and SEO bar, or $49 once.
Does Awesome Tools give a dofollow link?
Yes. A listing on Awesome Tools links to your site with a dofollow link.
Does Awesome Tools ask for a backlink or a badge?
Yes. It asks for its badge or a link back on your site before it lists a tool. Check whether it has to be on the homepage or can go on any page.
How long does Awesome Tools take to list a tool?
Not published.
What does Awesome Tools cost?
Free if you meet its SEO bar and link back. Featured Launch is $49 once (listed as reduced from $99). Featured plus Newsletter Sponsor is $149 once (reduced from $249).
Is the link dofollow?
Yes. Checked in November 2026: listing pages such as itsaplan.dev, typefully.com and xoutlier.com link with rel noopener only.
What does a free listing need?
DR 20, 30 referring domains, and 200 monthly visits or 100 ranking keywords, plus a visible link to awesome.tools that is not nofollow.
Can an AI agent submit?
Yes. The site publishes a JSON submission API, an MCP server and a skill file for agents, and it marks those submissions as bots.

Facts checked . DR: Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked . DR 4 is Ahrefs' new model, shown on ahrefs.com from 1 December 2026. DR changes; check a place before you pay for it.

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